ExpiryGuard
Pantry, expiry & recipes — all on your phone.
Scan a barcode, read any best-before label on-device, get reminded before it spoils, and let Chef Ron suggest practical recipes from what's about to expire.
Meet Chef Ron — your zero-waste sidekick.
Open the app and Chef Ron suggests practical recipes built from whatever is closest to its best-before date in your pantry. No accounts, no cloud — everything is generated on your iPhone.
- Looks ahead at items expiring in the next 30 days
- Pairs categories (dairy + bread, meat + produce) into real recipes
- Surfaces prep time, difficulty and matched products on each card
Features
Built for busy Canadian households — every screen tested on real iPhone 17 hardware.
Barcode & product lookup
Scan UPC/EAN codes used by Canadian retailers; product names auto-fill from Open Food Facts.
On-device OCR
Photograph any "Best Before" or "Meilleur Avant" label — Vision reads the date locally; nothing is uploaded.
Smart reminders
Choose alerts at 3 days, 1 day, and on expiry. Tuned for Canadian retail shelf-life defaults.
Chef Ron's recipes
Practical meal ideas drawn from what's about to expire in your pantry — generated locally, every time.
Partial quantities
Track 1 left, 1/2 left, 1/4 left — your fridge actually looks like your fridge.
Privacy-first
Your product list stays on your device. Read our Privacy Policy for ads & third parties.
Screenshots
A look at the smart pantry, the new Chef Ron section, OCR in action and the bilingual experience.
Bilingual by design
ExpiryGuard reads both "Best Before" and "Meilleur Avant" labels, supports YYYY-MM-DD and DD/MM/YYYY date formats, and is built around Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) conventions. A full French (Canada) interface is on its way.